Why are they called Red-rumps?
iNaturalist distribution records for Red-rumped Parrot
The Red-rumped Parrot is widely distributed oover the south eastern corner of the Australian mainland, and has adapted very well to the opportunities that suburbs have afforded the species.
It can commonly be seen feeding in the open spaces of parks, playing fields, road verges, median strips and naturestrips.
The species is equally at home in woodlands, as long as open spaces are available for feeding.
Red-rumped Parrot feeding on the ground.
A pair of Red-rumped Parrots at a nesting hollow.
A female Red-rumped Parrot, hard to spot at times!
Red-rump in a tree, showing how they can be difficult to find.
Male Red-rumped Parrot at Patchewoolock, Victoria.
Robert Ashworth
University of Melbourne
Bird Call credit in the podcast recording - Marc Anderson, XC692681. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/692681.
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Australia, Birds In Backyards, Citizen Science, nesting hollows, parrot, Red-rumped Parrot, Robert Ashworth, Surveys
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